Updated 12:02 p.m. • SkyDrive for Windows app to launch alongside new paid storage options in the coming weeks – Free storage for new users drops to 7 GB. Existing users get to keep their 25GB free storage, but must claim it from the SkyDrive folders page. And SkyDrive for Windows and OS X Lion […]
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Updated 1:21 p.m. • Google scrambles to bring Gmail back online after widespread service interruption – Gmail was down for some of its users earlier today. Google’s fixed it for many, and says it should be back soon for all. • Verizon’s 4G LTE blankets two-thirds of U.S. population – By comparison, AT&T only has […]
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• Smart phones overtake client PCs in 2011 – More smartphones were sold in 2011 than PCs for the first time, and that’s even if you consider tablets as PCs. Also First: Apple’s rank in mobile phone profitability and revenues • U.S. government, military to get secure Android phones • What is the mystery “entertainment […]
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• Obama Administration Responds to We the People Petitions on SOPA and Online Piracy – The administration comes out against SOPA and PIPA as they’re currently written. And Lamar Smith and Patrick Leahy blink: take DNS-blocking out of SOPA and PIPA • Pirates! Rupert Murdoch Rails About Obama, Google, and Silicon Valley – Rupert Murdoch […]
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Updated 1:03 pm. • GoDaddy withdraws SOPA support in face of massive protests and Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA – The domain registrar and hosting service changes its corporate mind in the face of protests and a boycott. • Samsung: no ICS upgrade for Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab because of TouchWiz – Add […]
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• Steve Jobs Memorial Service To Be Held Oct. 16 – It’s a private memorial service, with invitations extended to SiliValley’s elite. This is separate from the employee event being held three days later. Also This Sunday will be Steve Jobs Day in the State of California. • iPhone 4S Showdown: AT&T vs. Verizon vs. […]
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• ‘It was like a stampede, and they went quick’ – Scenes from a San Diego Best Buy where liquidated HP TouchPads went on sale Sunday. • A Simple Explanation for Why HP Abandoned Palm and Is Getting Out of the PC Business – Leo Apotheker is an enterprise database guy, and was hired by […]
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